mittimus

[ mit-uh-muhs ]

noun,plural mit·ti·mus·es.Law.

a warrant of commitment to prison.
a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.

Origin of mittimus

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit

Words Nearby mittimus

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How to use mittimus in a sentence

He informed us that the Judge had made out a mittimus and sentenced us to jail for treason.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 | Joseph Smith
Prisoners were here thrust into jail without a regular mittimus, the jailer having to send for one some days after.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 | Joseph Smith
This made him alter his purpose, and by a new mittimus sent us to the House of Correction at Wycombe.
The History of Thomas Ellwood | Thomas Ellwood
Vnde mittimus in Angliam literas domini imperatoris super hijs patentes, vobis & cæteris amicis nostris beneuolis.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) | Raphael Holinshed
I must make out this young woman's mittimus, and have her confined until the grand jury sit.'
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for mittimus

mittimus

/ (ˈmɪtɪməs) /

nounplural -muses

law a warrant of commitment to prison or a command to a jailer directing him to hold someone in prison

Origin of mittimus

C15: from Latin: we send, the first word of such a command

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